San Francisco, la ciudad de la bahía, hogar de los funiculares, el dorado puente Golden Gate, las calles inclinadas... y los asesinatos, necesita de quienes se ocupen de mantener la seguridad. Ellos son el detective Mike Stone (Karl Malden) con 23 años en el cuerpo de policia y su joven y guapo (muy, pero que muy guapo) compañero, el inspector Steve Keller (Michael Douglas).
Las Calles de San Francisco fue una de las series más populares de los años 70, una época repleta de dramas policiales de buena calidad en la televisión.El gran éxito que tuvo la serie entre el público se debió mayormente a la química entre los dos protagonistas, el veterano con mas de 20 años de carrera y el novato educado en la universidad, que además le valió 16 nominaciones a los premios Emmy durante los cinco años en que se transmitió, incluídos cuatro para Malden como actor principal y tres para Douglas como actor de reparto en una serie dramática.
En la quinta temporada se incorporó al reparto el actor Richard Hacth (conocido posteriormente como el "Capitán Apolo"en la serie "Galactica:Estrella de combate") en el papel de el inspector "Dan Robbins" sustituyendo a Michael Douglas tras abandonar la serie.
A Wrongful Death (Episodio 1) 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 1973-09-13
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Keller returns fire during a chase in a dark shopping center, killing a kid, but the body comes up unarmed. The boy's father insists Keller is a murderer.
Betrayed (Episodio 2) 5.5
Fecha de emisión: 1973-09-20
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: One of the girlfriends of a young charmer recognizes her boyfriend as the man who stuck up her bank.
For the Love of God (Episodio 3) 4.0
Fecha de emisión: 1973-09-27
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In order to stop a psychotic priest-killer, Stone goes undercover as a Roman Catholic priest. The victims were all clergymen who studied at the same seminary.
Before I Die (Episodio 4) 6.5
Fecha de emisión: 1973-10-04
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A cop (Nielsen) who finds out that he has a terminal illness, sets out to kill a racketeer (Danton) who had been his quarry for the last year and a half.
Going Home (Episodio 5) 4.5
Guionista: Jack B. Sowards
Fecha de emisión: 1973-10-11
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A small-time crook accidentally heists a fantastic sum from a small store that is actually a Syndicate front.
The Stamp of Death (Episodio 6) 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 1973-10-18
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Lieutenant Stone and Inspector Keller go after two insurance agents involved in the counterfeiting of an 1850 2-cent purple Guyana stamp which had a value of $250,000.
Harem (Episodio 7) 8.0
Fecha de emisión: 1973-10-25
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A flute-playing "Pied Piper" (played by Ricky Nelson) talks teenage girls into prostitution, then disposes of them when they are no longer convenient. Stone's daughter helps him break up this murderous prostitution ring.
No Badge For Benjy (Episodio 8) 4.0
Guionista: George Bellak
Fecha de emisión: 1973-11-01
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A black police informant is murdered, but the police seem more concerned with the death of a white business man. His flinty daughter forces the police to go after his killers.
The Twenty-Four Karat Plague (Episodio 9) 8.3
Fecha de emisión: 1973-11-08
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Crooks heist a truck filled with gold, not knowing that the gold is the irradiated byproduct of a power plant experiment and extremely toxic.
Shield of Honor (Episodio 10) 6.3
Guionista: D.C. Fontana
Fecha de emisión: 1973-11-15
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Internal affairs suspects that something is amiss when a witness under police protection is killed. Someone in the Department is a Syndicate informer--and everyone is under suspicion, even Stone and Keller.
The Victims (Episodio 11) 6.5
Fecha de emisión: 1973-11-29
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A trio of violent prison escapees leaves a trail of blood by murdering or crippling everyone they see.
The Runaways (Episodio 12) 4.0
Fecha de emisión: 1973-12-06
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: The oldest of a set of three young sibling runaways is suspected of the murder of a drugstore owner. His animosity towards authority doesn't do him any favors.
Winterkill (Episodio 13) 6.3
Guionista: Jack B. Sowards
Fecha de emisión: 1973-12-13
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Angered by the rising cost of health care, an old man tries to pay his friend's bills by threatening a businessman with the bombing of his buildings.
Most Feared in the Jungle (Episodio 14) 5.5
Fecha de emisión: 1973-12-20
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Believing her baby was kidnapped, not stillborn as people claim, a deranged new mother embarks on a murderous quest to find the truth.
Commitment (Episodio 15) 6.5
Fecha de emisión: 1974-01-03
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: An undercover cop is murdered with Stone's gun, and a hotshot young inspector seems determined to pin the rap on Stone.
Chapel of the Damned (Episodio 16) 7.0
Guionista: Robert Schlitt
Fecha de emisión: 1974-01-17
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Stone and Keller work to crack a kidnap case where the mother is friends with an alleged psychic.
Blockade (Episodio 17) 5.5
Fecha de emisión: 1974-01-24
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A woman who has dedicated her life to a prominent family fails to see her neglected son has fallen in with a psycho—and may have helped him kill a woman.
Crossfire (Episodio 18) 6.7
Guionista: Jerry McNeely
Fecha de emisión: 1974-01-31
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A philandering professor is killed and his mistress shot by a sniper who has been terrorizing a college campus.
A String of Puppets (Episodio 19) 6.5
Fecha de emisión: 1974-02-07
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Keller goes undercover as an ex-con musician to bust a crooked parole officer and his ring of parolees.
Inferno (Episodio 20) 7.5
Fecha de emisión: 1974-02-14
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Stone looks for the arsonists who set a fire that killed two firemen.
The Hard Breed (Episodio 21) 4.5
Fecha de emisión: 1974-02-21
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A cowboy was trampled to death by a bull; his mates suspected it to be murder.
Rampage (Episodio 22) 5.5
Fecha de emisión: 1974-02-28
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A team of angry fathers, who are fed up with crime in their neighborhood, take a vigilante approach at solving the problem. During one of their rampages, a police informant is killed.
Death and the Favored Few (Episodio 23) 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 1974-03-14
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: San Francisco's social elite are suspects when a publisher who blackmailed them is found murdered.
